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CPS Holding Public Hearings For Charter School Proposals

Public Hearings Being Held To Receive Public Comment on Submitted Charter School Proposals

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, September 25, 2015

For more information, contact:
CPS Office of Communications
Phone: 773-553-1620

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will hold public hearings on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 to receive public comments from students, families, educations and the general public regarding new charter school proposals submitted under the 2014 new schools RFP. CPS is required to review new school proposals on an annual basis by state law.

The hearings will take place at the Chicago Board of Education Chambers, 42 West Madison Street, to review proposals submitted following parties:

Perseid Academy

STARS Project Engineering

KIPP Chicago Charter School

New Life Academy

Noble Street Charter School

Connected Futures Academy

Youth Connection Charter Schools

The hearings will be held at the following times:

4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for the following school proposals:

Connected Futures Academy

Youth Connection Charter Schools

New Life Academy

Registration to speak at this hearing will occur between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for the following school proposals:

KIPP Charter School

STARS Project Engineering

Perseid Academy

Registration will occur between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for the following school proposal:

Noble Street Charter School

Registration to speak at this hearing will occur between 6:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.

Speakers will have two minutes to speak and will be called in the order in which they have signed up. The hearings will conclude after the last person who has signed up to present testimony has spoken, or at each hearing’s designated end time, whichever occurs first.

The record will remain open for these comments until 12 p.m. Friday, October 2nd, 2015.Anyone who would like to provide written comments may submit them by email at newschoolapplicants@cps.edu, by fax at (773) 553-3225, or by calling (773) 553-1530.

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